baked oatmeal

I love oatmeal for breakfast. It's comforting and virtuous and above all, tasty delicious. I try to make our weekend breakfasts a bit more special than the everyday morning eats and yesterday I decided to make baked oatmeal. I've made baked oatmeal before, but I found a new recipe and wanted to try something a bit different. This oatmeal recipe included an egg plus baking powder which I thought a bit odd, but the results were fantastic. I can't say that one baked oatmeal is better than the other since I'd welcome either at the breakfast table.

I changed the original recipe somewhat by lowering the sugar content, adding spices and using fresh grated apple instead of applesauce. You can view the original Cooking Light recipe here. My take follows below.

baked oatmeal #2
2 c quick oats
1/3 c brown sugar
1/3 c. raisins
2 T chopped walnuts
1 t cinnamon
1/2 t ground ginger
1 pinch of nutmeg
1 t baking powder
1 1/2 c skim milk
1 apple, grated
2 T butter, melted
1 large egg, beaten
1 t vanilla

1. Mix the first 8 ingredients into a medium sized bowl.

2. In another bowl, combine the rest of the ingredients. Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix well.

3. Pour into square baking pan and bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes. Serve with a large dollop of yogurt.